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Marriage vows typically contain a phrase that refers back to the “what’s mine is yours and what’s yours is mine” idea; the way we think about that union has been ingrained in us for centuries. However, when one thinks of that, one thinks of shared belongings, goods, food, and shelter, not about claiming authorship for everything our partner has done before we were even in the picture.

35-year-old man insists on sharing authorship of a book he didn't write with his 33-year-old girlfriend: 'Were not even on the same lease yet and he wants to be on the spine of a book that took me four and a half years to write'

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Wife refuses to pay mortgage on a property her husband owns after he asks her to fund his sabbatical despite having 10 times her net worth

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Are we always obliged to follow our loved ones' rules? Our most meaningful rules might appear ridiculous to somebody else, but part of the art of learning how to love is respecting what our significant others deem important, even though it sounds ludicrous to us. That’s my position anyway, but let’s see what this Redditor has to say.

32-year-old neat freak is mad about his same age fianceé not taking her shoes off inside his house: ‘Refusing to respect my rules regardless of how silly you think they may be will send me into orbit’

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Boyfriend's 'one towel system' causes girlfriend to consider breaking up: 'He just does not see the grime'

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29-year-old wife is tired of her same-age husband’s people-pleasing tendencies. 'No one sees the other side of the coin, where he’s completely bitter and resentful because he feels that he gives more than he gets.'

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20-Year-Old Husband Pressures 19-Year-Old Wife to Let Him Read Her Private Diary From Before They Were Married

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Husband refuses to let teacher wife stay at home during the summer while she's expecting her third child: 'My husband wants me to find a summer job'

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21-year-old invites girlfriend to dinner and orders $150 steak and caviar, expects her to pay when the check comes

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Woman Questions Fiancé's Bachelor Party After Learning He Only Invited His Closest Female Friends

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'The eggs are dry, why do you over cook your eggs': Wife refuses to make daily breakfast for firefighter husband after he continually critiques her cooking

We, as people, as opposed to robots, in relationships, should aim to consider context when answering a question or even when we are just chatting, but sometimes simple distractions or routine creep up on our daily conversations, and we end up getting on our loved one’s nerves.

Wife asks husband what he’d like for dinner, becomes upset when he actually replies with what he’d like for dinner instead of saying he will cook. ‘She asked for suggestions, so I gave one.’

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Maid-of-honor helps plan all events only to be demoted to bridesmaid during the rehearsal dinner: 'The actual MOH has been the other girl all along'

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Sister Expects Brother-In-Law To Cover Private Plane Expenses for Their Son’s Wedding Despite Having Stolen $25K From Them Years Prior

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Husband Who Makes 300K Refuses To Spend $1300 on Wife’s 56th Birthday, Claims It’s Not Worth It

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38-year-old gets into $78k debt with mobile gaming, wife takes the house out of his name: 'He doesn't have bills outside our mortgage'

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42-year-old asks wife to help fund stepdaughter's college despite the separate finances agreement he proposed when they got married, and gets upset when she refuses